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It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning apartments in most areas?
Vancouver is the epicentre of BC’s housing crisis and shortage. So why does the city still effectively ban new apartment buildings on most of its…
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June 29th: Day of Action or Launching Pad for Sustained Campaign of Political Confrontation?
Download 154.17 KB About the authorDave Brophy
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Wages, markets and temporary workers
Last November, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced a scheme to speed up the processing of temporary workers for Alberta and British…
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Trees and Jobs Wasted in Rush to Beat Beetle, Study Warns
Jointly issued by: BC Federation of Labour; BC Government and Service Employees’ Union; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office; Communications Energy & Paperworkers Union…
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Over-cutting and Waste in BC’s Interior
A Call to Rethink BC’s Pine Beetle Logging Strategy Download 747.47 KB36 pages About the authorBen ParfittBen joined the CCPA staff team as a resource…
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A tree too far
About the authorBen ParfittBen joined the CCPA staff team as a resource policy analyst in 2005 after years working as an investigative journalist with numerous…
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Great Expectations
Essays on Schools and Society Download 458.14 KB For all the discussion, debate, commentary and analysis on the subject of public education, few authors are…
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Addressing rural development issues in Nova Scotia
Perhaps the most important thing that we’ve learned after years of grappling with the challenges of economic development is that there are no easy solutions.…
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SaskNotes: Pesticide Issues in Saskatchewan: A Primer
Download 226.08 KB About the authorPaule Hjertaas
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Atlantica proponents face PR challenge
The Atlantica conference has drawn renewed attention to plans for a cross-border economic trading zone. Organizers say they want to tone down the rhetoric. Clearly,…
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“No Bang for the Buck” report finds that forty percent of military contracts are “non-competitive”
(Ottawa) Federal spending on multi-billion dollar military contracts has been mired in complaints of improper conduct as the government embarks on its $17 billion build-up…
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No Bang for the Buck
Military contracting and public accountability Download 157.25 KB About the authorSteven StaplesSteve Staples is the National Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Canadian Health…
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Nova Scotia vulnerable to rising energy costs and supply shortfalls: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Nova Scotians need secure sources of energy if they are to meet the challenges of the twenty-first…
